{"id":32315,"date":"2017-06-29T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T11:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=32315"},"modified":"2017-06-29T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T11:43:44","slug":"open-letter-maccabees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/open-letter-maccabees\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to The Maccabees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s with a heavy heart that I write this but it has finally come the time and I can no longer put it off any longer, it&#8217;s time to bid farewell to <strong>The Maccabees<\/strong>.\u00a0With your final ever live shows looming larger than ever with less than a week to go, it seems only right to pay tribute to the band that have meant so much to be throughout my teenage years. If there&#8217;s one word to sum up the occasion it is bittersweet, but better to look back over the fond memories, yeah?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SJmWSWQgdM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first I heard of <strong>The Maccabees<\/strong> was &#8216;Toothpaste Kisses&#8217; at ripe old age of eleven, it was on a film soundtrack and it was just so quaintly lovely that I couldn&#8217;t help but listen to all two and half minutes of it&#8217;s glory for hours, looping it on the good old days of listening to music on YouTube. Branching out to further albums <strong>The Maccabees<\/strong> became part of my teenage years, by the time\u00a0<em>Wall of Arms\u00a0<\/em>came out I was truly enamored.<\/p>\n<p>There are some formative teenage memories that have been sound tracked by<strong> The Maccabees<\/strong>. I remember listening to &#8216;Ayla&#8217; on repeat walking home from my first house party, the first taste of teenage rebellion and freedom on my lips. You have no idea how many road-trips\u00a0<em>Colour It In\u00a0<\/em>livened up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/198578599&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/217011809&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By the time\u00a0<em>Marks To Prove It\u00a0<\/em>was out I was seventeen and finally had the pleasure of catching <strong>The Maccabees<\/strong> live. When I got to the O2 Academy in Newcastle it genuinely felt like my chest was beating so hard it was going to the Alien thing and explode. Thankfully not though, I just had one of the best nights of my life instead. It&#8217;d been eighteen months maybe two years since I&#8217;d given any of your music a proper spin but somehow even your new music felt nostalgic, homely and lived in.<\/p>\n<p>Now fast-forward to 2017, \u00a0my music taste expanded vastly but it still breaks my heart a little bit to know you&#8217;re breaking up. I&#8217;m happy to see <strong>The Maccabees<\/strong> go out on a high, and one of the biggest highs of their careers but you will be missed. Thank you for the soundtrack to my teenage years. 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